Return Of The Hybrid Queen novel Chapter 1

PROLOGUE

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I killed my mother. My eyes welled up with tears the moment I realized what had happened. I just found out the truth about myself and what happened to my biological parents, just found out I'm not human — never have been and it feels like my world is turning upside down.

I hadn't finished digesting this news when someone broke the shower door, I sprung from the tub in surprise.

Rakel, my werewolf mate, waited at the door, scanning my body and then the restroom. "Are you all right? I've been banging on your door."

“I…” my voice broke.

How do I explain to him that I am a product of the precise thing they despise? What are they going to do if they figure out who I am? What I am?

To distract Rakel from my nervousness, I grabbed a towel from the rack and draped it over my body. His gaze was drawn to my movement, but he did not enter the restroom. We were both simply staring at each other.

Right at that time, a familiar feeling started in my tummy. My body began heating up. Then I sensed it for the first time, my wolf side calling for its mate. It craved his mate's touch.

My eyes widened.

God no! It can't be I'm going into heat, right?

I glance up at Rakel only to see him sniffing the air, his eyes which was usually obsidian black were yellow. When his eyes met mine, I knew Rakel has lost all sense of thinking. He wants to mate right here and right now!

The worse thing is… I wanted the same thing.

The heat, this time, came with pain a hundred times more than the last time. A spasm worked its way through my body, causing me to fall to the ground.

A gasp escaped my lips. My body trembled as I slowly stretched my hands towards him.

“D… don't come closer!”

Rakel's fangs were already elongated. He took a step into the bathroom and paused upon hearing my voice. It seems he was fighting his wolf.

However, his wolf will not allow him to resist this moment. He couldn't leave his mate in pain like the last time when he was here. The moment he perceived Delaney's arousal, he rushed forward, picked her up, and tore the towel around her body.

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CHAPTER ONE: PREGNANT

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It was so dark. Everything was pitch-black. The only thing she could hear was screams. Screams of slaves being tortured.

Delaney couldn't recall how long they'd kept her in this pit. The forty-seventh day maybe? She had no idea who had kidnapped her, why, or what they were looking for. She couldn't help but wonder if the hunters were responsible. Vampires or werewolves: which is it?

Maybe they wanted her to be so weak that she couldn't lift a finger before they will reveal themselves to her. They didn't realize it, but her werewolf side had been keeping her alive. As Delaney reminisced about all the good and awful memories she had, the darkness drove her insane with ideas and that made her choke from remorse.

The final grimace on Knox's face flashed across her mind, adding to the lunacy of being locked up made her head spin. He had to despise her after that night. No, both of her mates would despise her at this point.

She's a coward who is afraid of the truth. Delaney couldn't bring herself to tell Knox and Rakel that she was one of the key causes of the werewolf-vampire conflict. She can't fathom how they'll react when they find out. Delaney was scared because she had slept with Rakel and Knox had caught them red-handed. So, she chose to flee from them, but who thought that she would be kidnapped right away?

Maybe, capturing her is for the best. Her mates can continue to live a good life without her. The knowledge sent a pang to her heart.

Just in case you don't know, Delaney has two mates, Rakel, a werewolf while Knox is a vampire. They don't get along in anything they do, it got to a stage where they expected her to choose between the two, but how can she choose when she loves both her mates equally?

‘I don't think Knox feels the same.' Her conscientious mind said.

Yeah. She snorted.

How will he feel the same when he caught her sleeping with Rakel? Delaney didn't choose Rakel over him, things just happened, but how will he understand that? How will he understand that the heat came at the most unexpected time and it just so happened that Rakel's mind was overcome by pure animalistic instinct as he slept with her?

Yes, she knows they both wanted her to choose between them, but having sex with her wolf mate didn't mean she chose him! But what's done is done. Knox has already stated where he stands with her.

She still remembers it all, how it happened like it was yesterday. How her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle when she saw his eyes full of disappointment – his heart, breaking through their bond as he shut her out.

“FUCK OFF!” A roar with pressure so powerful as he yelled at her when she tried to talk to him.

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel that sometimes life gives you many reasons to let go and just die to ease out all the suffering you've been through? It's the same for her too. She felt that she shouldn't even be alive as it is. She shouldn't have been born!

What's the point of being alive when everything was working against her?